Webaroo Updates Net-free Search Software

By Geoff Duncan August 21, 2006

Webaroo has announced a new version of its offline Internet searching tool, offering users new levels of customizability and control for managing the resources available in their own personal cache of Web information.

Webaroo is kind of a unique thing: instead of offering real-time Internet searching—a la Google, Yahoo, MSN, Ask.com, and any number of other search engines—Webaroo’s scour the Internet and create “Web packs,” which their users can download to their PCs and search even when they’re not connected to the Internet. Web packs can be general (Webaroo offers a bunch on common topics), expansive, or very tightly focused: it all depends on the user’s interests and how they’ve configured the Webaroo software.

Webaroo 1.2 adds new features to offer users more control and better management of user-generated Web packs. Users can now save Web sites up to “five links deep” while limiting download size with settings for the total number of pages to be saved or by setting arbitrary limits on the size of the Web pack. Webaroo can now import IE and Firefox bookmarks, and supports downloading embedded audio and video media on Web sites (and users can limit downloads of embedded media based on size).

Webaroo 1.2 runs with either Windows XP or 2000; support for handheld devices running Windows Pocket PC 2003 SE and Windows Mobile 5 should be coming soon.

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